REFLEXIVE AND INTENSIVE PRONOUNS

REFLEXIVE AND INTENSIVE PRONOUNS

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

• pronouns that uses self/selves
• used as the object in the sentence
• function as object of the sentence referring to the subject in the sentence

EXAMPLES:

The boy kicked himself.

(whom did the boy kick?) HIMSELF

Himself is used as direct object in the sentence, therefore use as REFLEXIVE PRONOUN

She made herself coffee.

(for whom is the coffee that she made)-HERSELF

Herself function as indirect object, therefore use as REFLEXIVE PRONOUN

You should address the letter to yourself.

Yourself comes after a preposition (to) therefore function as object of preposition and used as REFLEXIVE PRONOUN.

INTENSIVE PRONOUN

-pronoun that adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun in the sentence

He himself paid for the book.

HIMSELF emphasizes HE in the sentence.

We ourselves created global warming.

OURSELVES emphasizes WE in the sentence.